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Rick Miller Profile
As President and/or CEO, Rick Miller has turned around a Fortune 10, Fortune 30, startup, and a non-profit organization, driving record growth and customer/employee satisfaction at each one.
Miller uses experience-tested tools to help senior executives and entrepreneurs excel in their dealings with customers, competitors, costs, capital, communities, and culture.
Since 2008, Miller has guided leaders in achieving long-term sustainable growth across multiple industries, including tech, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, media, finance, automotive, and the non-profit sector.
Rick Miller is one of the few accomplished business executives who has been able to translate his decades of experience into smart advice that helps other senior leaders grow their businesses and themselves. As "Go-to Chief" at the firm BEING CHIEF LLC, Miller shows leaders from Fortune 500s to startups, how to leverage their power so they can bring out the best in those around them, as well as themselves.
Deemed "one of the most brilliant business thinkers and leaders of today" by TEDxWallStreet, Miller has served as President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, Fortune 30, a startup, and a non-profit. In each case, he took the reins at a time when the organization was crumbling. Using his Power Compass, a researched and unconventional tool he created to help leaders ask the right questions so they can make the best choices, Miller turned around poor performance at each organization, leading teams to increased revenue and new products, as well as record-high customer and employee satisfaction levels.
Since 2008, Miller has helped achieve long-term sustainable growth in numerous companies, collaborating with leaders from a wide array of industries including tech, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, automotive, media services, financial services, and non-profit organizations. He is a Senior Advisor to The Strategic Innovation Lab at Case Western Reserve University's Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. His book has received rave reviews from Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith, Zappos co-founder Tony Hseih, and Chicken Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield, and many more thought leaders of today.
Vehement that one of a chief's most important responsibilities is creating a better future, Miller founded a non-profit company dedicated to supporting children with diabetes.
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Rick is a servant leader, a student-teacher, and a Go-to Chief. He is also an experienced and trusted confidant, an author, a sought-after speaker, and an expert at driving sustainable growth. For over 30 years, Rick served as a successful business executive in roles including President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, a Fortune 30, a startup, and a non-profit. In each case, he was recruited from the outside to turn around poor performance in difficult times. Rick Miller is a Chief not because of his many high-ranking titles, but because of his ability to bring out the best in others—and in himself—using the choices he developed in his Power Compass.
Across different industries and facing challenges that range from a market crash to a war zone, unethical competitors, and friendly fire from inside his own company, Rick led teams that have repeatedly tripled the growth rates of million and billion dollar organizations. At the same time, these companies drove record levels of customer and employee satisfaction and loyalty.
Known for helping leaders ask the right questions, Rick has been in demand for the past ten years as a confidential adviser to many of today's most senior executives, and is extensively connected within the global business and leadership communities. Rick continues to serve senior executives by offering broad business experience in six specific areas: customers, competitors, costs, capital, communities, and culture.
Rick began his career in 1980 as a sales trainee in the tech industry working for Sperry Corporation. There he learned important lessons about relationships, accountability, and constant change. Rick developed skills as a turnaround specialist and rose to serve as a Division VP/GM for the North America Division.
Rick left Sperry in 1995 to serve as a Corporate Officer at AT&T, running a "long-lines" unit—he was AT&T's first outside recruit for that position in 100 years. Rick's team tripled the growth rate to 15% and held it for three years as they built a robust $5B unit. Rick was then promoted to President of Global Services.
In 2000, Rick was recruited by the internet startup, Opus 360, to serve as President and COO. During the market crash of 2000, Rick's team completed a successful IPO while dramatically increasing revenue and profit.
Then in 2002, Rick was recruited as the first hire of a newly-appointed Lucent Technologies CEO to turnaround sales at the $21B telecommunications provider. After the company returned to profitability, Rick was asked to serve as President of Lucent's Government unit, which became the fastest growing unit at Lucent for the next three years.
During this period, Rick also led the non-profit organization, The Balance & Stretch Center. As President and CEO, he led the development of products used by other non-profits to help children with diabetes.
Since mid-2008, Rick has worked with senior leaders across many industries including hi-tech, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, automotive, media services, financial services, and in non-profit organizations. First at Choices & Success LLC and now at BEING CHIEF LLC, the result is always growth.
Rick also works with the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western University. Specifically, as a Senior Advisor to The Strategic Innovation Lab at The Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, Rick offers counsel to engage the business community in programs that lead to sustainable long-term growth.
Rick earned a bachelor's degree from Bentley University and an MBA from Columbia. He currently lives in Morristown, NJ.
Rick Miller Speaking Videos
Rick Miller, Leadership Keynote Speaker: TEDxPSU
Leadership keynote speaker and "Go-to Chief", Rick Miller illustrates that being a true "chief" has nothing to do with high ranking job titles, but rather how our actions match up with certain values. He offers the example of "Melissa", a six-year-old girl he worked with who had cerebral palsy and a dream: Melissa wanted to be able to grip a ball and put it in a net.
It took her six months to reach her goal, and every moment of that six months she was focused, disciplined, grateful, accepting of her situation, and an inspiration to those around her. "She taught me so much," Miller says, describing this young girl's relentless journey to achieve her dream. "You can never assume that those who are less fortunate are less courageous or less worthy or less able to be a real chief. She had a power, an incredible power that frankly we all have."
Rick Miller, Leadership Keynote Speaker: Intro
Rick Miller Speaking at Penn State -This Next Generation will Lead Growth
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Rick Miller's Speech Descriptions
Drawing from decades of experience mobilizing teams in difficult circumstances, leadership keynote speaker, Rick Miller lays out an experience-tested guide for unleashing teams' potential and revitalizing companies at every level. Tossing outdated conventional management aside, Miller demonstrates key tools for empowering your employees so that your organization can drive long-term sustainable growth, customer loyalty, and employee engagement.
Few career business executives have proven they can succeed on the front lines and deliver sustainable growth at different companies, of different sizes, in different industries, and in tough times.
Fewer have a track record of growing leaders as a primary strategy.
Very few are also servant leaders who have demonstrated an ability to help everyone in an organization increase their power.
Rick is one of the very few. With humility and humor, he works to enable every audience member to leave each session with practical growth tools that apply in companies ranging from startups to multinationals. Rick enlightens, enables, and energizes audiences.
Driving Sustainable Growth – Lessons from the Front Lines
Is your organization doing all it can to build success that lasts? Conventional management theory does not drive sustainable growth. In this keynote, Rick shares the three proven keys to long-lasting success.
First, Rick describes the six strategic planning prerequisites for growth: Customers, Competition, Financial Capital, Costs, Community, and Climate.
Second, Rick shares important research linking effective Human Capital strategies to growth and offers best practices and simple tools to optimize this most critical asset.
Finally, Rick leads the audience through a self-assessment exercise that enables every attendee to leave the session with personalized plan to drive sustainable growth.
Unleashing the Power in Your Team
Do individuals believe the real power in your company is at the top of your organization chart? Power is a noun with four primary definitions: ability, influence, energy, and positional authority. The biggest problem in companies today is that too many people ignore the first three definitions due to a preoccupation with the fourth.
To learn where real power lies, this keynote introduces audience members to two levels of actions to unleash an organization's real power.
First, Rick outlines what people in positions of authority can do to improve the engagement that unlocks real power: Measure employee engagement; ensure diversity and gender-balanced leadership; consistently assess, improve, and expand employee "hard and soft" skillsets; add new skillsets when necessary; align team members around a values-based vision for the future; and build a change-adaptive culture to meet accelerating market changes and drive management's strategy.
Second, Rick introduces audiences to his concept of Viral Engagement and what's needed to create a self-sustaining engagement culture. This two-tiered strategy drives productivity, loyalty, innovation, and sustainable top- and bottom-line results.
Rick Miller on Speaking
Anyone can make simple choices to increase their power by connecting what they do to who they are.
SPEAKING.COM: What do you want people to learn/take away from your presentations?
MILLER: Anyone can make simple choices to increase their power by connecting what they do to who they are. Power is defined as impact, energy, internal strength, and the ability to influence others to increase their power. Powerful people, in turn, create powerful organizations.
My presentations focus on those simple choices and offer simple tips proven to consistently help managers drive a culture of engagement, a key criteria for companies to drive sustainable growth.
SPEAKING.COM:	What kind of special prep work do you do prior to an event? How do you prepare for your speaking engagements?
MILLER: I enjoy learning about the sponsor organization in general, and about the specific audience including their history, priorities, and values. This enables me to customize my presentation to meet the objectives of the event organizers.
SPEAKING.COM:	Have you had any particularly memorable speaking engagements / unusual situations arise while on the road?
MILLER: Every speaking engagement has offered unique opportunities to swap stories and connect deeply with different people.
SPEAKING.COM:	What types of audiences would most benefit from your message?
MILLER: Every audience can benefit from being introduced to proven tools that help them be more powerful and more engaged at work and in life.
SPEAKING.COM:	Which of your keynote speaking topics are your favorites and why?
MILLER: While I truly enjoy customizing simple ("supply") research-based tools that have been proven to help anyone be more effective AS WELL AS presenting varied case studies and insights on how specific audiences can extract and apply lessons to their own situation, my speaking topics are limited to the unifying themes that I have personally experienced as a senior business executive and Chief Coach/Confidant.
Speaking at companies and colleges was the next logical step to get this important message in more hands and I love it!
SPEAKING.COM:	What inspired you to start doing speaking engagements?
MILLER: Offering my services as a speaker is a natural extension of my career trajectory. In 2008, after 27 years of serving one organization at a time (from a startup to several multinationals) and using an unconventional leadership strategy, I founded my own company so I could share my approach with multiple businesses at a time. Speaking at companies and colleges was the next logical step to get this important message in more hands and I love it!
SPEAKING.COM:	How do you keep your audience engaged and actively listening during your keynotes? Do you use case studies, personal stories and/or in your speeches?
MILLER: I do tons of homework ahead of time to pinpoint themes that are broadly applicable to the audience. During a presentation, I work hard to connect individually with audience members through personal stories and first-hand accounts of challenging turnarounds/case studies. I also push to attend the rest of the session after I speak to ensure audience members have many opportunities to swap stories on topics that are of interest to them.
A large percentage of my audiences consistently report taking action and making different choices based on the information, tips, and insights gained from my presentations.
SPEAKING.COM:	What are some of the successes you've helped clients achieve?
MILLER: In my coaching business, I have the opportunity to very directly link my work on customers, costs, capital, competitors and communities to consistent improvements in revenue and profit growth rates, employee engagement, client loyalty scores, and climate stewardship metrics. As a speaker, that linkage is more difficult to establish. However, a large percentage of my audiences consistently report taking action and making different choices based on the information, tips, and insights gained from my presentations. In every case there are reports of an increase in viral engagement!
SPEAKING.com Exclusive Interview with Rick Miller
How to Drive Sustainable Growth with Leadership Speaker Rick Miller
In this interview, leadership keynote speaker Rick Miller discusses:
His keys to driving sustainable growth.
Ways you can empower your employees.
Implementing a a triple-bottom line of profits, people, and the planet.
How he developed leadership skills. Read the Full Interview
"The U.S. Army wants you to "Be All You Can Be," and Oprah Winfrey wants you to "Live Your Best Life." Likewise, being Chief means mindfully working to be the best and most powerful version of yourself."
- Rick Miller
What People are Saying about Seeing Rick Speak
"Rick Miller is one of the most brilliant business thinkers and leaders of today."
–	TEDxWallStreet
"I first worked with Rick on an event in Chicago for Fortune 1000 CHROs. Rick got great reviews and was a pleasure to work with. His extensive and diverse business experience as an executive combined with his humor and humility make him an informative and engaging speaker. We have continued to engage Rick for other C-Suite audiences and he consistently delivers. He is a true professional. I highly recommend Rick Miller for any of your speaking engagements."
–	Dustin Davis, Director at Evanta, a CEB Company
"I have shared a stage with Rick, brainstormed a whole weekend with him and even hired him for my own leadership retreat of 300 CEOs. Rick is articulate, charismatic and a straight shooter. He delivers a simple, clear and deep discovery of self and leaves you with a roadmap as a constant reminder to keep your compass focused on the stuff that matters most!"
–	Stefan Swanepoel, NYT & WSJ best-selling author, CEO T3
"Rick Miller is truly a leader. He delivers great content and is a witty and skilled presenter. I have worked with him multiple times at different leadership events and he hits it out of the park every time. If you are looking for a dynamic speaker Rick is your guy. I highly recommend him."
–	Darlene Lyons, President of EzEvents, Inc.
"We selected Rick to deliver the keynote at a recent Institute for Sustainable Enterprise session at Farleigh Dickinson University. What struck me most was the ease with which he connected with our diverse audience, while delivering a powerful talk and focusing on how his concepts could be applied by each participant when they left the session. I was not surprised to see great audience feedback survey results… particularly when I saw that two hours after he concluded his talk, there was still a line of students from different area colleges waiting to talk more. Highly recommended."
–	Jeana Wirtenberg, President & CEO, Transitioning to Green
"We've used Rick repeatedly to speak at our National Publicity Summit and several other events. He's super-knowledgeable and a very inspiring communicator, who's also easy to work with and always over-delivers. You should see the line of attendees who want to talk with him when he's off-stage! He never leaves until every single person gets all their questions answered. A total class act. Highly recommended."
–	Bill Harrison, CEO, Bradley Communications Corp
Books by Rick Miller:
BE CHIEF
"The leadership values and skills of a chief need not be confined to the C-suite. Rick Miller's outstanding new book, BE CHIEF, is a guide to ways in which you can bring your leadership skills up to the highest level, and inspire those around you to do the same. Don't wait for someone to hand you the title—be Chief now!"
– Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
"Reading Rick's unconventional insights and advice on leadership and how to create a winning corporate culture in today's hyper-connected, hyper-competitive world is like having one head slapping ah-ha moment after another. More than a business book, BE CHIEF is a valuable reference and resource guide that you will find yourself turning to time and again."
– Jim McCann, Founder and CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM
"BE CHIEF offers a simple and compelling roadmap of options for each of us to unlock our potential while being our authentic selves. As women, we have traditionally been more likely to help others succeed to be Chief rather than focus on ourselves. This special book offers valuable examples of women who do both!"
– Betsy Myers, Founding Director of the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University, former Director of the White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, and author of Take The Lead
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I fear I do not have the time or opportunity for the moment fully to analyse Saugmandsgaard ØE's Opinion at the end of January in C-689/17 MSC Flaminia (no EN version available) – hence this post is a flag more than a review. The second Opinion of the AG in the same month (see C-634/16 ReFood) on the waste shipments Regulation.
waste generated on board vehicles, trains, aeroplanes and ships, until such waste is offloaded in order to be recovered or disposed of.
In the case at issue: does the latter cover residues from damage to a ship at sea in the form of scrap metal and fire extinguishing water mixed with sludge and cargo residues on board the ship?
Handbook of EU Waste Law, 2nd ed. 2015, Oxford, OUP, Chapter 3, 3.27 ff.
TPS-NOLO (Geobal): CJEU on take-back of 'waste', relation with REACH.
As I discussed with Stephen Gardner in Bloomberg Environment, the CJEU held yesterday in C-399/17 EC v Czech Republic, where the question is whether the Czech Republic has infringed the waste shipments Regulation 1013/2006 by refusing to take back a substance known as TPS-NOLO (or Geobal) that had been shipped to Poland without respecting the requisite formalities of the Waste Shipment Regulation.
Approximately 20 000 tonnes of TPS-NOLO (Geobal) and composed of tar acid, a remnant after refining oil (code 05 01 07* of the European waste catalogue), of carbon dust and of calcium oxide. Poland considered the substance to be hazardous waste classified in Annex IV to the Waste Shipment Regulation ('Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materials'). The Czech citizen responsible for the shipment to Poland presented the standards adopted by the company as well as proof that the substance in question was registered under the REACH Regulation and that it was used as fuel.
Wahl AG had suggested inadmissability, as I discuss here. The Court however disagreed, and on substance dismissed the EC action in five steps summarised very well in its case-summary. Of note in particular with respect to the REACH /WFD relation is that the Court holds that while the EC is right in being sceptical about WFD evasion via REACH (not that straightforward an assumption, given the cumbersome implications of REACH compliance), the Commission needs to bring specific evidence to the table rather than mere speculation.
Not an earth-shattering case yet a relevant one also with a view to circular economy debates, where REACH' data requirements are an important concern for recyclers.
Handbook of EU Waste law, 2nd ed. 2015, OUP, i.a.at para 1.201.
Saugmandsgaard ØE in C-634/16 ReFood. The animal by-products exemption in the EU's waste shipments Regulation. (Renewable energy claxon).
This post requires seriously engaged interest in EU waste law. Very few of you I am sure are familiar with my work – in Dutch (with Tom de Gendt, and Kurt Deketelaere) on animal waste /animal by-products. Yet please all those of you who are not waste nerds, do not turn away yet: for animal wastes and animal by-products are a raw material for biogas installations. The regulatory issues at stake therefore are relevant to the renewable energy sector.
Saugmandsgaard ØE opined end January in C-634/16 ReFood – the English text was not available at the time of writing. A lorry with animal by-products collected in The Netherlands, was making its way to a German biogas installation (one of many many thousands such transports) when it was stopped, the driver being asked to produce the relevant waste export permit – which he did not possess.
Recital 11 of the waste shipments Regulation 1013/2006, introduces the issue at stake, which is avoiding regulatory duplication: 'It is necessary to avoid duplication with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption, which already contains provisions covering the overall consignment, channelling and movement (collection, transport, handling, processing, use, recovery or disposal, record keeping, accompanying documents and traceability) of animal by-products within, into and out of the Community.' As a result, the Regulation exempts from its scope of application 'shipments which are subject to the approval requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002'. Core of the regulatory conundrum is that Regulation 1774/2002 does not contain 'approval requirements' for the relevant category. (They are category 3 animal by-products, these are the least problematic animal wastes).
The AG suggests a broad reading of the exemption, and one which prevents overlap between the two regimes. Animal by-products fall under the exemption full stop: there are no two, three or more ways about it. (The AG argues along the lines of linguistic analysis, regulatory logic, and the preparatory works of all EU secondary law at issue).
Wahl AG proposes inadmissability in TPS-NOLO (Geobal): Take-back of 'waste', relation with REACH.
Another interesting waste-case at the CJEU last week, although unfortunately one in which Wahl AG proposes inadmissibility. In C-399/17 EC v Czech Republic, the question is whether the Czech Republic has infringed the waste shipments Regulation 1013/2006 by refusing to take back a substance known as TPS-NOLO (or Geobal) that had been shipped to Poland without respecting the requisite formalities of the Waste Shipment Regulation.
The due process issues essentially relate to the European Commission's handling of the infringement procedure, in which, the AG suggests proprio motu, it did not formulate a proper statement of claim. Details are in the Opinion and readers are best referred to it.
Now, there is no such thing as double jeopardy when it comes to infringement proceedings hence one can only hope that the Commission services will reinitiate the proceedings (lest of course the CJEU disagree with the AG's Opinion).
Rechtbank Rotterdam held on 15 March last that 4 ships owned and operated by the Sea Trade concern had to be regarded as waste when they left the port at Rotterdam cq Hamburg (they were eventually beached in a variety of destinations). Not having been notified as waste, their shipment was considered illegal and the concern as well as some of its employees consequently convicted. (Illegal waste shipments being a criminal offense).
The court decided not to refer to the CJEU on the application of the waste definition to ships, as it considered the issue to be acte clair. The court's review of the legal framework is included in Heading 4.3.4. As such, the analysis does not teach us much about the difficulty of applying the waste definition to international maritime logistics, in particular ship disposal. The court found at a factual level that the owners' intention to dispose of the ships was clearly established when the ships left the EU, with, it suggested, the facts proving that the intention to dispose was at that moment of such an intensity as to trigger the waste definition.
The court does flag its appreciation for the difficulties. Not only is eventual disposal of hardware such as ships a possibility from the moment of their purchase. Such intention may also be withdrawn, reinstated, modified, at various moments of the ships' life, fluctuating with market circumstances. Particularly given the criminal nature of the legal discipline here, I find that a very important driver to tread very cautiously and to look for firmer objective factors to establish intent.
Most probably to be continued on appeal.
(Handbook of ) EU Waste law, 2nd ed. 2017, para 1.20 ff. Disclosure: I acted as court expert.
The ECJ's December judgment in Ragn-Sells Case C-292/12 came recently to my attention in revisiting the waste ownership and freedom to provide services question for a brief. The case concerns the combined application of the waste framework Directive, the waste shipments Regulation, the public procurement Directives, the free movement of goods and of services, and, for good measure, competition law, exclusive rights and abuse of dominant position.
The dispute in the main proceedings concerns the lawfulness of contract documents stipulating that mixed municipal waste had to be transported to the landfill facility which was the subject-matter of an earlier public procurement procedure — located 5 km from the contracting town, whilst industrial and building waste was to be taken to a landfill site, located 25 km away.
Not all of these issues were addressed by the ECJ, though: for the issue relating to competition law /creation of exclusive rights which might lead to abuse of dominant position, not enough information had been furnished by the national court.For the issue of free movement of services, there was nothing in the file submitted to the Court indicating that undertakings established in other Member States have been interested in treating waste produced in the territory of the municipality at issue.
The latter especially is a pity (on the competition issue there is plenty of case-law): for the extent of free movement of services in the waste sector (and environmental services generally), is not at all clearly laid out in case-law. Hint for those wanting to use free movement of services arguments in their struggle against restrictive national measures: ensure paper trail of, or indeed if need be, trigger, foreign interest in the waste streams provided.
The Court did entertain the free movement of goods questions. As regards, first of all, waste destined for disposal operations and mixed municipal waste, it follows, the Court held, from Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation No 1013/2006, read in the light of recital 20 in the preamble thereto, and Article 16 of Directive 2008/98, that the Member States may adopt measures of general application restricting shipments of that waste between Member States, in the form of general or partial prohibitions of shipments, by way of implementation of the principles of proximity, priority for recovery and self-sufficiency under Directive 2008/98. By analogy the court then applied Case C‑209/98 Sydhavnens to find eventually that 'Accordingly, in the case of waste destined for disposal operations and mixed municipal waste collected from private households and, as applicable, other producers, a Member State may confer on local authorities, on the geographical scale it deems appropriate, powers to manage the waste produced on their territory in order to ensure compliance with its obligations under Article 16 of Directive 2008/98. Those authorities may, as part of the powers conferred upon them, provide that those types of waste will be treated in the nearest appropriate facility (at 63).
I continue to argue that especially with respect to mixed municipal waste, this room for manoeuvre provided for by the Regulation combined with the Directive, itself is incompatible with primary EU law. However I am not sure how much longer I can argue that as a result of judicial economy, the ECJ has never really properly addressed this question.
As regards, secondly, shipments of waste destined for recovery operations, other than mixed municipal waste, the Court by contrast held that the combined effect of Regulation and Waste Framework Directive does not provide for the possibility for a national authority to adopt a measure of general application having the effect of prohibiting, totally or partially, shipments of such waste to other Member States for treatment.
In summary, some remaining doubt re free movement of goods (primacy EU law) in my mind. Undoubtedly a lot of remaining doubt re free movement of services. Waste law and free movement: they continue to fascinate!
The Court's order in EBS, Case C-240/12 (available in French and Dutch only), has only now come to my attention (thanks to Raluca Rada) – and for the wrong reasons. This is a preliminary review by the Court at Rotterdam, concerning the application of the waste shipments Regulation.
The case at hand refers to a transport of unsorted used clothes from France to the United Arab Emirates via the Port of Rotterdam, seized by the Dutch authorities due to alleged failure to comply with the notification requirements under the waste shipment Regulation for waste transit. The defendant in the criminal proceedings essentially argued that the Dutch authorities interpret the concept of 'transit' in too wide a manner. Since these are criminal proceedings, there is additional tension on the notion of transit in old v new waste shipments Regulation – under criminal law, the provision with the most advantageous consequences for the defendant needs to be applied, even if it was not applicable at the time of the alleged infringement (retroactive application of the milder criminal law; thank you to Gaelle Marlier for confirming that).
The ECJ forewarned the national court that not enough information on the facts had been given for it to review. Time was given for the national court to provide additional data – the oral hearing was postponed to accommodate the national court's delay in answering. Subsequently, the national court wanted to hear the parties on the additional facts to be given to the court: such hearing could not be scheduled for some time in view of the workload of the national court. The ECJ was then requested to try and answer the question anyway, on the basis of the facts that had been given in the request, supplemented with the few extra nuggets that had been provided informally. Not surprisingly therefore, the Court in the end declined full stop.
I am not sure what this means for the procedure: presumably, the question may be asked again, this time with the right amount of data? To my knowledge these kinds of orders do not occur all that frequently, pity it should do in this case, for I was rather looking forward to hearing the outcome.
Where waste is shipped by vessel from an EU Member State (in this case France) to a State in which the OECD-Decision does not apply (in this case the United Arab Emirates), is there 'transit' within the meaning of the former 2 and the new  Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) if under way the vessel puts in at a port of another EU Member State (in this case the Port of Rotterdam)?
that waste is declared for import at customs?


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Traumatic spinal cord injury is a potentially devastating event in which the nerves and nerves cells in the spinal cord are damaged. In the United States, more than a quarter of a million people struggle with the lifelong consequences of traumatic spinal cord injury. The consequences of spinal cord injury vary from person to person, but each person usually must deal with several complications. Many people with spinal cord injury are paralyzed. They are at risk for pressure ulcers, blood clots in the legs, urine and bowel problems, and sexual dysfunction. Despite being paralyzed, as many as two-thirds of patients with spinal cord injury experience chronic pain, which is difficult to treat. Spinal cord injury can also affect how the heart and lungs function.
There are no specific treatments for spinal cord injury. If the injury is treated early, steroids and spine surgery/neurosurgery can help reduce long-term complications. In some cases of incomplete spinal cord injury, physical therapy can help people regain some degree of function. For the most part, treatment is aimed at reducing symptoms rather than curing the injury. Treating the symptoms helps make the disease less of a burden, but is by no means the same as a cure.
Because spinal cord injury has such long-lasting and devastating effects, researchers are actively pursuing ways to heal injured spinal cord nerve cells. One possible way to do this is through the use of stem cells.
Liu and coauthors conducted a clinical trial on 22 patients with spinal cord injury. The doctors collected mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cord tissue that would normally be discarded as medical waste after delivery. They purified the stem cells and then used them to treat the injured patients. Astoundingly, stem cell treatment was effective in 13 of 22 patients. Patients who achieved benefit from stem cells enjoyed the return of motor function, sensory function, or both. All patients who were treated with stem cells reported less pain, improved sensation, better movement, and a greater ability to provide self-care. Importantly, the treatment did not cause any notable side effects for up to three years after treatment.
These clinical trial results are truly remarkable, but it is important to note that the number of patients treated was small and further testing is needed. Nevertheless, the researchers concluded that treatment with mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cells is safe, and can improve function and quality of life in most patients with spinal cord injury.
Reference: Liu et al. (2013). Clinical analysis of the treatment of spinal cord injury with umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. Cytotherapy. 2013 Feb;15(2):185-91.


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I am an academic teaching auditing, but one who keeps close ties to the business world in the Chicago area. In reading the exposure draft on auditor independence requirements, I have become convinced that an auditor, in attempting to perform an audit in accordance with GAAS, will soon be deemed non-independent under the new guidelines. The areas that seem to be connected with this are the specific non-audit service prohibitions of valuation services and actuarial services.
In auditing accounting estimates, one of the accepted methods to judge the reasonableness of client-generated estimates in the financial statements is to create a separate estimate to which the client's estimate will be compared. A simple example involves the allowance for uncollectible accounts. The auditor might generate an estimate and decide that the client's estimate is too far off to be considered fair. The auditor would try to convince the client to adopt the auditor-generated estimate for the financial statements. If the client does, an auditor-generated estimate is now embodied in the client's financial statements. Under the proposed guidelines, it would seem that the auditor has provided valuation services for the client, and would not be independent. The same issue would arise in many other accounts, such as pension plan liabilities and in trying to apply the provisions of FASB 121 on impairment in value of long-lived assets. The auditor would again be providing either actuarial services or valuation services.
On a broader scope, I would ask the SEC to seriously consider doing research on the "reasonable investor" who is used as the measuring stick for independence judgments. We unfortunately have little empirical research to know the characteristics of this ideal person or how this person makes independence decisions. Without this knowledge, there is a real risk that independence rules may not protect the interests and indeed may hurt the interests of the very population that the SEC is mandated to protect.
I applaud the SEC's changes in the independence rules concerning financial relationships and employment relationships. While I may not agree with each detail, I do concur with the direction of these changes.
I would ask the SEC to slow down and more carefully consider the new rules concerning non-audit services. Otherwise, more harm than good may result.


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Welcome to Willett Elementary School! We have a wonderfully caring learning environment with great participation from our families and the Davis and UC Davis community. We have a variety of enrichment activities for our students including Chorus, Math Club, Robotics, Challenge Club, Student Ambassadors, a strong buddy program and Student Council. Our monthly assemblies focus on respect and responsibility and are run by our student council.
Our students come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and we welcome diversity on our campus. Being so close to UC Davis, we have many families whose members work on campus and come from all over the world. Students, families and staff are used to welcoming new families throughout the school year. Our PTA parent liaison reaches out to all new families and helps with the transition. We have an amazing English Learner program, as 26 languages are spoken on our campus. Our Reading staff, EL staff, Special Education staff, Teacher Librarian, Science teachers, Math staff and classroom teachers all work together to differentiate to meet the needs of individual students. We look forward to welcoming your family to our community!


Availability of Admission form for Class VI – From 1st July to 31st October at Vidyapith Book Sale Counter and Central Office.
Admission Test for Class VI- In the month of December.
Availability of Admission form for Class XI – From 1st February to 15th March at Vidyapith Book Sale Counter and Central Office.
Admission Test for Class XI- In the month of April.
Request for admission, which is to be made in the printed application form issued by Vidyapith, must reach the Secretary on or before the stipulated date. Detailed guidelines in this regard are provided in the leaflet "General Information for Admission". Faulty or incomplete information in the Admission Form will not be accepted, and will therefore stand cancelled automatically.
Selected candidates will have to submit the Transfer Certificate within 15 days of admission positively.
Any chronic disease (including habitual bed wetting) is held as a bar to admission.
Boys later discovered physically unfit or harmful by nature are liable to lose their seats, even after joining the school.
For more details visit the link Admission to Class VI.
Boys appearing for class X examination may collect application forms for Admission to Class XI from the first week of February.
The students from Deoghar Vidyapith are usually given first preference for admission to Senior Secondary course, provided that they fulfill the criteria determined by the authority of the Institution. They are only given provisional admission on the basis of their results of the Pre-Board and other examinations in class X.
Results of a Written Examination followed by a 'viva-voce' test are taken into account while ascertaining selection of boys coming from institutions other than Vidyapith. Class XI activity in school commences in the month of June.
In any case, admission of students to class XI will not be regularised before the publication of class X Board Results.
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The PSC has a critical role in the Public Service, selecting and developing scholarship holders, appointing senior management, and maintaining discipline.
The Public Service Commission safeguards the fundamental principles of integrity, impartiality, and meritocracy in the Singapore Public Service. It is a neutral and independent body which carries out its work without fear or favour.
Selecting and Developing PSC Scholarship Holders: The PSC Scholarships aim to attract and nurture talent who have leadership potential for the Civil Service.
Appointing and Promoting Top Talent: The PSC is the authority for the appointment of officers to the Administrative Service, as well as appointments and promotions to senior management ranks (Superscale D or Grade 7 and above). The PSC also considers candidates for appointment as Chief Executive Officers of Statutory Boards and assesses their suitability for promotion to Superscale D or Grade 7 and above. The PSC ensures impartiality in the process of selecting the best person for the job.
Maintaining Discipline: The PSC is the authority for the dismissal and disciplinary control of civil servants. It has delegated to the Permanent Secretaries and Director of Prisons its authority to discipline certain populations of civil servants for minor misconduct. As an independent body, it ensures that officers who misconduct themselves are treated fairly and consistently, regardless of rank or seniority.
Acting as the Final Appellate Board: Following the devolution of several of its functions to a hierarchy of personnel boards in 1995, the PSC continues to maintain a check on the Civil Service personnel system through its role as the final board of appeal. As the final board of appeal in cases where officers disagree with decisions taken by Special Personnel Board, the PSC weeds out any bias and prejudice in the system, and ensures that officers are treated fairly and consistently.
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How The Statue of Christopher Columbus Came To Be in NYC's Columbus Circle
by Vera Penavic
Located in the southwest corner of Central Park sits Columbus Circle, and its center, a 70-foot statue of infamous Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus. Unveiled on October 12, 1892 on the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the Americas, the statue sculpted by Roman sculptor Gaetano Russo was gifted to the city by the Italian-Americans of New York. While Columbus remains a controversial figure in America's history, the statue itself still holds some interesting facts. An Italian-language newspaper called Il Progresso had launched the campaign to gather funds for the statue which would be laid down at the geographical center of New York City.
For the laying of the statues cornerstone in 1892, a procession was held from Little Italy up to Columbus Circle. Close to ten thousand people attended the dedication ceremony.
Columbus Circle, 1907. Image from Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons.
The statue of Columbus and the column it rests upon are carved of Carrara marble, with additional ornamentation depicting Columbus' journey, American patriotic symbols, and allegorical figures. The monument was restored in 1992 in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' expedition.
In 2012, artist Tatzu Nishi situated the statue inside a fully furnished living room as part of his Discovering Columbus exhibit. Visitors had to ascend six flight of stairs to reach the fictional space, where they found the statue posing on a coffee table; to add to the authenticity of the experience, Nishi fitted the room with furniture, including tables, chairs, a flat-screen television, and even custom-designed wallpaper.
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US Supreme Court Rules in Facebook's Favor in Case About Unwanted Texting
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit accusing Facebook Inc. of violating a federal anti-robocall law.The justices, in a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, sided with Facebook in its argument that text messages the social media company sent did not violate a 1991 federal law called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).The case highlighted the challenge for the justices in applying outdated laws to modern technologies. The ruling sparked calls for Congress to update the law, enacted three decades ago to curb telemarketing abuse by banning most unauthorized robocalls."By narrowing the scope of the TCPA, the court is allowing companies the ability to assault the public with a nonstop wave of unwanted calls and texts, around the clock," Democratic Senator Edward Markey and Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo said in a joint statement.The court ruled that Facebook's actions — sending text messages without consent — did not fit within the technical definition of the type of conduct barred by the law, which was enacted before the rise of modern cellphone technology.The lawsuit was filed in 2015 in California federal court by Montana resident Noah Duguid, who said Facebook sent him many automatic text messages without his consent. The lawsuit accused Menlo Park, California-based Facebook of violating the TCPA's restriction on using an automatic telephone dialing system.Facebook said the security-related messages, triggered when users try to log in to their accounts from a new device or internet browser, were tied to users' cellphone numbers."As the court recognized, the law's provisions were never intended to prohibit companies from sending targeted security notifications, and the court's decision will allow companies to continue working to keep the accounts of their users safe," Facebook said in a statement.'A disappointing ruling'Sergei Lemberg, Duguid's lawyer, said anyone could avoid liability under the law if they use technology like Facebook's."This is a disappointing ruling for anyone who owns a cellphone or values their privacy," Lemberg added.In this instance, the lawsuit asserted that Facebook's system that sent automated text messages was akin to a traditional automatic dialing system — known as an autodialer — used to send robocalls."Duguid's quarrel is with Congress, which did not define an autodialer as malleably as he would have liked," Sotomayor wrote in the ruling.The law requires that the equipment used must use a "random or sequential number generator," but the court concluded that Facebook's system "does not use such technology," Sotomayor added.Duguid said that Facebook repeatedly sent him account login notifications by text message to his cellphone, even though he was not a Facebook user and never had been. Despite numerous efforts, Duguid said he was unable to stop Facebook from "robotexting" him.Facebook responded that Duguid had most likely been assigned a phone number that was previously associated with a Facebook user who opted in to receive the notifications.A federal judge threw out the lawsuit, but in 2019, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived it. The 9th Circuit took a broad view of the law, saying it bans devices that automatically dial not only randomly generated numbers but also stored numbers that are not randomly generated.The National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions said the decision "to narrowly interpret autodialers is a win for the credit union industry.""We have long fought for this clarity to ensure credit unions can contact their members with important, time-sensitive financial information without fear of violating the TCPA and facing frivolous lawsuits," the association said in a statement.


The off-season recruitment activity has taken a jolt forward this morning as word got out that JC transfer guard Spencer Butterfield, the co-player of the year for the state of California, gave a verbal commitment to Utah State. Butterfield played for Yuba City College, and was a teammate of Aggie commit Sean Harris this past season.
Spencer can definitely shoot the rock, and likes to slash to the hoop, although he has developed his outside shot and has concentrated more of his game on the perimeter this past year. His rebound proficiency is also quite amazing for a 6-3 guard. Brings back some memories of Jared Quayle and Jaycee Carroll. Butterfield led Yuba to their first ever state championship game where they fell shot to Fresno City.
Butterfield was a highly recruited football player coming out of Del Oro high school in California, but decided he wanted to pursue basketball instead. He spent two years at Yuba, and will have three years to play two at Utah State.
Butterfield held offers from Utah State, Utah, Hawaii, Pacific, UC Riverside, and San Jose State. Other PAC 12 schools were reportedly also showing interest.
Butterfield is reportedly an excellent student, maintaining a 3.9 GPA in high school and a 3.8 GPA at Yuba.


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class JsonTableSchemaNameField(forms.CharField):
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Improwizowana bateria artylerii ORP Komendant Piłsudski – polska dwudziałowa improwizowana bateria artylerii przeciwdesantowej kalibru 75 mm Schneider wz. 1897, utworzona ze zdemontowanych armat z pokładu kanonierki ORP Komendant Piłsudski ustawiona pomiędzy portem rybackim a portem wojennym na Helu, Półwyspu Helskiego (od strony zatoki). Wchodziła w skład Dywizjonu Artylerii Nadbrzeżnej, Rejonu Umocnionego Hel.

Sformowanie i działania bojowe w kampanii wrześniowej
Improwizowaną baterię artylerii przeciwdesantowej sformowano na podstawie rozkazu Dowódcy Floty z dnia 4 września 1939 r. Do jej sformowania przystąpiono 5 września, podstawą jej utworzenia było użycie części załogi i dwóch armat kal. 75 mm Schneider wz.1897 z rozbrojonej kanonierki ORP "Komendant Piłsudski". Baterię posadowiono na improwizowanych działobitniach zbudowanych na fundamentach z drewnianych okrąglaków. Umiejscowiono ją pomiędzy portem rybackim a portem wojennym w Helu. Dowództwo baterii objął ppor. mar. Michał Anaszkiewicz. Określenie działalności bojowej baterii jest niemożliwe z uwagi na brak dokumentów i relacji. Ze szczątkowych relacji innych osób ustalono jedynie, że bateria prawdopodobnie stoczyła walkę z niemieckimi jednostkami pływającymi:

 8 IX w godz. 14.06–14.12 wraz z 44 baterią przeciwdesantową i 21 baterią przeciwlotniczą ostrzeliwała niemiecki zespół trałujący z 1. R. Flotille (1 Flotylla Kutrów Trałowych), ogniem odpowiedział osłaniający zespół okręt baza "Nettelbeck" trafiając zabudowania w Helu, flotylla wycofała się pod osłoną zasłony dymnej.

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City of West Lafayette to seek public input regarding future of city hall
The city of West Lafayette is leaving it up to the community to decide on whether a new city hall should go up.
Posted By: Bradley Oppenheim
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — The city of West Lafayette is leaving it up to the community to decide on whether a new city hall should go up.
Mayor John Dennis said the city will soon be seeking input from neighbors.
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Real estate services company Pizzuti has been hired to gather that input.
It will do so through a viability study, focusing on what neighbors would like to see in their city hall.
Dennis said this will be done through community meetings.
The company will then present the findings to city leaders.
Dennis said whatever happens, he wants to make sure it can be used by the entire community.
"Right now we're sort of operating out of an old schoolhouse," said Dennis. "Prior to that we were operating out of a building that was outdated about 20 years after it was built. The city of West Lafayette deserves better than that and our hope is to make sure that with enough community input we'll be able to provide that."
Dennis said the findings from the study will be presented no later than March 31.
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"Boots on the Ground" Inside Syria? The Pentagon Comes to the Rescue of the "Islamic State" (ISIS)
On October 27, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the Pentagon is contemplating "direct action on the ground" in both Iraq and Syria, "in an effort to combat the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group." (Sputnik, October 27, 2015).
The not so hidden agenda, however, is not "to combat" but rather "to protect and come to the rescue" of the Islamic State terrorist group.
What's new? Are we witnessing a process of military escalation?
The US and its allies already have boots on ground inside Syria. It's not official, it's a so-called "covert operation" which everybody knows about.
The Pentagon together with NATO, Turkey and Israel, et al, have routinely dispatched their military advisers, special forces and intelligence operatives to the Syrian war theater. These foreign forces have operated within rebel ranks from the outset of the war on Syria in March 2011.
While neither Washington nor the mainstream media have "officially" acknowledged their presence inside Syria, it should be understood that these Western special forces have performed routine command functions within the various terrorist groups in liaison with the US-NATO led coalition. In other words, they are largely responsible for coordinating countless ISIS and Al Nusrah terrorist operations against civilians inside Syria on behalf of the US led coalition. Needless to say, they are also supported by the US led air campaign, which theoretically is targeting (rather than "protecting") the terrorists.
"Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) The Terrorists
In response to Russia's bombing raids against ISIS, Washington is now contemplating to announce "officially" (what they have been doing for the last four years) their resolve to have boots on the ground in an extended military operation. Needless to say, this operation, if it were to be carried out without the UN Security Council stamp of approval would constitute a violation of international law (Nuremberg).
The US administration is considering the possibility of deploying a small number of ground forces in Syria embedded among Kurdish troops or the "moderate" opposition, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing US officials.
The US military has also proposed sending a group of combat advisers to the front lines with the Iraqi army, and possibly also with Syrian rebels. This proposal is, nevertheless, qualified by the newspaper as a less likely scenario.
Moreover, the White House is to examine the option of deploying a small squadron of Apache attack helicopters to Iraq to step up the fight against the Islamic State, the newspaper said. The measure will entail deploying several hundred US servicemen to Iraq, according to the daily. Washington heads a coalition that has been conducting airstrikes on ISIL positions in Syria and Iraq since 2014.On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the Pentagon had not ruled out conducting attacks on the ground against ISIL terrorists. (Sputnik, October 28, 2015)
A No Fly Zone
Another important development pertains to the statement by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter that while "a no fly zone" is not contemplated in the immediate future by the Pentagon, it nonetheless remains an option: "President Barack Obama has not taken the option of a Syrian no-fly zone 'off the table'".
Meanwhile, Qatar has announced that it is contemplating sending ground troops to Syria. This statement announced by Doha was in all likelihood formulated in Washington. According Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah, Qatar could intervene military in response to Russia's intervention in support of the government of Bashar Al Assad. (CNN Arabic (October 21):
"Anything that protects the Syrian people and Syria from partition, we will not spare any effort to carry it out with our Saudi and Turkish brothers, no matter what this is,"
From the outset, Qatar has acted as a US proxy. Together with Saudi Arabia it has contributed to the recruitment, training and financing of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists inside Syria including ISIS and Al Nusrah.
We are at a dangerous crossroads
International diplomacy has collapsed. US foreign policy makers are ignorant and corrupt, unaware of the implications of their actions.
The US led air raids are being implemented simultaneously with those of Russia.
Stalemate at the UN. The UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon (appointed by Washington ) supports the US led war under a humanitarian banner.
These various actions and threats by the US led coalition –not to mention the chatter pertaining to a "World War III option" in the corridors of the US Congress– point to a scenario of military escalation, which could potentially lead to direct military confrontation between the US led coalition and the Russian Federation.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/boots-on-the-ground-inside-syria-the-pentagon-comes-to-the-rescue-of-the-islamic-state-isis/5485183
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Pump-and-dump schemes result in serious penalties in regulated markets, but in the wild west of cryptocurrencies, they're a regular occurrence.
For those unaware, a pump-and-dump is typically a group of individuals who use their combined buying power to artificially inflate the price of an asset before selling off near its peak. Outsiders believe the price is a sign of increased interest and end up buying high.
Anonymous messaging app Telegram is often used for organising these groups, the most notorious being 'Official McAfee Pump Signals' with 12,333 members.
Typically, organisers of these groups have a separate chat – sometimes accessed via a subscription fee – where users are notified ahead of those in a public group that a pump is about to occur so they can buy-in at the floor price.
Academics from Imperial College London used machine learning to predict these illicit schemes. By analysing over 300 Telegram channels, the researchers identified 220 'pump events' used to build their model.
The result was the ability to predict a pump with 80 percent accuracy.
Legitimate exchanges could one day implement such an AI to warn users of an impending pump-and-dump scheme, or block them from occurring. Some exchanges, however, are involved themselves.
One case highlighted by the academics was that of the 'BVB' coin, a cryptocurrency said to have been created for supporters of Borussia Dortmund football club. It's not been active since 2016.
People started buying the coin at around $0.0014 before it peaked at $0.0045, offering a potential 3x profit. The coin traded at less than its original value after just three and a half minutes.
The researchers estimate pump-and-dump schemes account for almost $7 million of monthly cryptocurrency trading volume. With a current 24 hour volume of $15.9 billion, that still only represents 0.0438 percent of the market.
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Q: Shiny: Replace renderPlotly errors with some text description or default plot I am creating a Shiny App and I want to use the brush function. The app currently looks like:

Where in the one box() I get the error Error: argument 1 is not a vector. This error disappears when the user makes a brushed selection of the plot.

How can I mask the error into a more user friendly description such as "Please select an area of the above plot in order to generate this window...".
The plot box() is supposed to plot the user selection such as a zoom-in version of the plot.
Code:
data <- mtcars

library(shiny)
library(shinydashboard)

header <- dashboardHeader(title = "My Dashboard")
sidebar <- dashboardSidebar(
    sidebarMenu(
        menuItem(text = "Main Menu", tabName = "MainPage")
    )
)
body <- dashboardBody(
    tabItems(
        tabItem(tabName = "MainPage",
                fluidRow(
                    box(
                        width = 12,
                        plotOutput("myPlot1", brush = "userSelectedSummaryStatistics")
                    )
                ),
                fluidRow(
                    box(
                        width = 4,
                        DT::dataTableOutput("userDefinedTable")
                    ),
                    box(
                        width = 8,
                        plotlyOutput("selectedUserDataFromUserDefinedTable")
                    )
                )
        )
    )
)

ui <- dashboardPage(
    header, sidebar, body
)

server <- function(input, output, session){
    output$myPlot1 <- renderPlot({
        data %>%
            ggplot(aes(x = mpg, y = disp)) +
            geom_line()
    })

    selectedUserData = reactive({
        userSelectedSummaryStatistics = input$userSelectedSummaryStatistics
        userSelection = brushedPoints(data, userSelectedSummaryStatistics)
        return(userSelection)
    })

    output$userDefinedTable = DT::renderDataTable(DT::datatable(selectedUserData()))

    output$selectedUserDataFromUserDefinedTable <- renderPlotly({
        ggplotly(
            selectedUserData() %>%
                ggplot(aes(x = mpg, y = disp)) +
                geom_line()
        )
    })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

A: You can use validate:
  output$selectedUserDataFromUserDefinedTable <- renderPlotly({
    validate(need(nrow(selectedUserData())>0,'Please select an area of the above plot in order to generate this window'))
    ggplotly(
      selectedUserData() %>%
        ggplot(aes(x = mpg, y = disp)) +
        geom_line()
    )
  })

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Look How Far We've Come!
A Forum for Fraud-Fighting Faculty in Higher Ed
By Dick Riley Jr., Ph.D., CFE, CPA
Fraud EDge
I had the good fortune to first meet Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, the founder and Chairman of the ACFE, on March 25, 2004, the day before a team of professionals embarked on the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) project to develop an educational model for forensic accounting and fraud examination for the nation's colleges and universities. He was the quintessential professional; a charismatic leader; a person passionate about anti-fraud practice, education and research; and an executive committed to completing work at the highest levels of quality. It was an experience I'll never forget and for which I'm truly grateful.
As a starting point for the NIJ curriculum development, the project leaders attempted an Internet search of colleges and universities with programs in fraud examination, forensic accounting, white-collar crime, economic crime and other related fields. The search revealed a dearth of programs. Many colleges and universities offered a single course in fraud examination, but I could almost count on one hand the number of multi-course programs that were offered. Also, textbooks dedicated to the anti-fraud and forensic accounting profession were almost nonexistent.
Look how far we've come! In the spirit of the new year, this column celebrates just three of the advances in anti-fraud higher education: the NIJ's model educational curriculum, ACFE resources for academics and budding fraud examiners, and current textbooks chock-full of anti-fraud principles and practices.
Anti-fraud educators, like practicing professionals, are dedicated to combating fraud. We can be proud of our accomplishments. But we're just getting started.
Model Educational Curriculum
In December 2005, the results of the NIJ project were presented in draft form as "Education and Training in Fraud and Forensic Accounting: A Guide for Educational Institutions, Stakeholder Organizations, Faculty and Students." This model educational curriculum provides a road map for institutions looking to develop single courses, higher-education programs and professional education and training in the anti-fraud and forensic accounting arena.
The NIJ released the formal document in 2007. It's available free online at www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/217589.pdf.
MATERIALS AND EDUCATION FOR ALL
The ACFE has been visionary in its support of academics going back to the creation of ACFE student chapters and the ACFE Anti-Fraud Education Partnership (www.ACFE.com/community/higher-ed.asp), which provides professors with free course materials. The ACFE established the partnership to address the unprecedented need for fraud examination education at the university level.
After the ACFE approves professors' applications, it supplies a free course syllabus, teaching aids, 11 ACFE videos and accompanying workbooks, and copies of ACFE reference materials for campus libraries.
Full-time, higher-education students can join the ACFE as Student Associate Members for $25 and receive an electronic version of the Fraud Examiners Manual and a one-year subscription to Fraud Magazine. Alternatively, graduating seniors in a bachelor's program or students enrolled in a master's program are eligible to purchase the ACFE Student Package ($350), which includes the CFE Exam Prep Course, and waived CFE Exam fee and first-year CFE membership dues after passing the CFE exam.
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Intellectual Property Theft
Intellectual property theft will continue to happen. The faster the organization reacts, the less damage it might have.
Admission-Seeking Interviews
Admission-seeking interviews, in which a professional interviews a subject whose involvement in fraud or theft has been established, are the most critical and challenging tasks for a fraud examiner.
Bribery Legislation Holds Global Implications
A new law is coming to the United Kingdom that might ultimately affect fraud-fighting communities around the globe, the new UK Bribery Act of 2010.
By Randall
January/
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The 5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2019
Watch as ACFE President and CEO Bruce Dorris, J.D., CFE, CPA, and Fraud Magazine Associate Editor Emily Primeaux, CFE, reveal the most scandalous fraud case of our 2019 list. View the video.


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American Musical Life in Context and Practice to 1865
Edited by James R. Heintze
Available for pre-order. Item will ship after 1st June 2020
First published in 1994. This study covers a wide cross-section of topics, individuals, groups, and musical practices representing various regions and cities. The subjects discussed reflect the religious, ethnic, and social plurality of the American musical experience as well as the impact on cultural society provided by the arrival of new musical immigrants and the internal movements of musicians and musical practices. The essays are arranged principally on the basis of the historical chronology of the cultural practices and subjects discussed. Each article helps to shed additional light on cultural expressions through music in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America.
Series Foreword; Introduction; 1. Music and Dance in Philadelphia's City Tavern, 1773-1790 Sterling E. Murray 2. Peter Erben and America's First Lutheran Tunebook in English Edward C. Wolf 3. Gaetano Carusi: From Sicily to the Halls of Congress James R. Heintze 4. Edward Little White, Professor of Music Barbara Owen 5. The Anthem in Southern Four-Shape Shape-Note Tunebooks, 1816-1860 David W. Music 6. The 1838-40 American Concert Tours of Jane Shirreff and John Wilson, British Vocal Stars Katherine K. Preston 7. Catholic Church Music in the Midwest Before the Civil War: The Firm of W. C. Peters & Sons Richard D. Wetzel 8. The Origins of Music Journalism in Chicago: Criticism as a Reflection of Musical Life James A. Deaville 9. An American Muse Learns to Walk: The First American-Music Group Richard Jackson 10. The Beginnings of Bach in America J. Bunker Clark; Index
Routledge Library Editions: Art and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
This set of 11 volumes, originally published between 1946 and 2001, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on Art and Culture in the Nineteenth Century, including studies on photography, theatre, opera, and music. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of art and cultural history.
Modern History 1750-1945
Social & Cultural History
Western Music Styles (Early & Classical)
Romantic Music (1830-1900)
HISTORY / General


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require 'rails_helper'

describe Cybersourcery::PaymentsHelper, type: 'helper' do
  describe '#countries' do
    it 'returns a hash of countries' do
      countries = helper.countries
      expect(countries.size).to eq 249

      expect(
        countries.any? { |k, v| k == 'United States' && v == 'US' }
      ).to be true
    end
  end

  describe '#us_states' do
    it 'returns a hash of US states' do
      states = helper.us_states
      expect(states.size).to eq 50

      expect(
        states.any? { |k, v| k == 'Rhode Island' && v == 'RI' }
      ).to be true
    end
  end

  describe '#card_types' do
    it 'returns a hash of accepted card types' do
      card_types = helper.card_types
      expect(card_types.size).to eq 4

      expect(
        card_types.any? { |k, v| k == 'American Express' && v == '003' }
      ).to be true
    end
  end
end